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Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This was one of those mixes that started like the mixtapes I used to do in the ’80s — that is to say, I started…
Ted Asregadoo
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Every summer, the city of San Francisco has a free concert series featuring noteworthy bands, and some that are yet-to-be-noted — at least in the United States, anyway.Á‚ Á‚ Case in…
Taylor Long
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It’s horribly cliche, but over the past couple summers, the moment the temperatures move towards 80 degrees, I reach for my Doors collection. I always start out more or less…
Jeff Giles
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Along with rehab, doing a sequel just for the paycheck, screaming anti-Semitic slurs at traffic cops, and getting away with murder (literal or otherwise), one of the greatest privileges of…
Ted Asregadoo
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If music were like food, the Toadies’ new CD, No Deliverance, would be a steak and baked potato entree, with maybe a sprig of parsley thrown in. The meat and…
Jeff Giles
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AC/DC – Whole Lotta Rosie (live) from Live in Concert (1978) Al Anderson – I Want Your Body from Got Myself in Trouble Again Brian Wilson – Smart Girls from…
Will Harris
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I’m stunned and saddened to hear the news that producer / mixer Jerry Finn passed away yesterday as a result of the effects of a brain hemorrhage which occurred last…
Jason Hare
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You may have noticed that Name That Tune was conspicuously absent from the site last week. It won’t be here this week, either, and that’s because we’ve fired Scraps. No,…
Jason Hare
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Hello, everybody! I’ll be honest with you — this chart kind of stinks. I mean, it’s not “wretched,” but I wouldn’t say it’s “good by any stretch of the imagination,”…
John C. Hughes
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So, who worries about the music their kids listen to? I don’t have any kids myself, but when I was visiting my 13-year-old niece recently, she asked me to get…
Jeff Giles
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Greetings, Videots! Apologies from all of us here on the deck of the VIDEO! Cruiser — we realize it’s been far too long since we sent a transmission back from…
Scott Malchus
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For me, the waning days of summer always bring to mind the city homecoming fair that took place at the end of every August in my hometown of North Olmsted,…
Terje Fjelde
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Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
J.A. Bartlett
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August 20, 1969, was a Wednesday. Hurricane Camille continues to drop rain on the Eastern Seaboard; Nelson County, Virginia, records between 27 and 30 inches, causing the worst flash flooding…
Ben Wiser
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I had originally intended to post this during the week of August 1st and August 9th, but I wanted to give a shout to Isaac Hayes last week. Get out…
David Medsker
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Imagine my surprise when I visited my then-girlfriend — anyone who read my Valentine’s Day piece knows her well — over Christmas break in 1992, and in her car was…
Dave Steed
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It’s amazing sometimes to see how music brings the world together. I was food shopping with my wife last week and “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone was playing in the store….
Popdose Staff
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—- Def Leppard – “Rocket” Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” Mojo: “The exception that proves the rule” is a cliche whose meaning completely eludes me. It’s like saying just once, we…
David Medsker
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Yeaaaaaaaaah, we’re stereotypes, there must be more to life. Do I have your number? Or did I just give you a clue to one of the album covers in this…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Q: What was Brenda and Dylan’s break up song from 90210? A: “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M. Q: What the hell does that have to…
Michael Fortes
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Listening to rock radio in the early ’90s — particularly the college and ‘alternative’ varieties — was an experience like no other. The ratio of tolerable to intolerable music was…
Jon Cummings
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Last week’s massive international celebration of Vinyl Record Day (wait — you say that big party they showed on TV was about the Olympics?) reminded me of my teenage fascination…
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Will Harris
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When music journalist Martin Fry popped ’round a practice by the band Vice Versa in Sheffield, England, in 1980, it’s unlikely that he had any idea that he was embarking…
Will Harris
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Many miles have I traveled since I first knowingly encountered the music of Isaac Hayes, so I hope you’ll forgive me if my memory is a bit hazy, but I’ve…
Jeff Giles
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Bruce Hornsby – The Show Goes On (live) Bruce Hornsby – Gonna Be Some Changes Made/Brick House (live) Bruce Hornsby – Swan Song (live) Bruce Hornsby – Tangled Up in…
The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/9Z-fE1l9SZ4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Steve Winwood, “Higher Love” (1986) David Lifton: You couldn’t get a more perfect crossover record than this in 1986: A classic rock…